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Former Chief of Staff, Lt. General Oladipo Diya’s wife, Mrs. Folashade Diya, has died, five days to her 66th birthday. According to a press statement released by Olawale Adekoya, Special Adviser (Media & Strategy) to Gen Diya, the late Mrs. Diya died on Monday. The statement reads in part: “With grief in our hearts but […]
Continue ReadingThe Ohaneze Ndigbo have lamented the increasing relocation of the Almajirai to the Southeast despite the interstate travel ban by the Federal Government and they have vowed to resist this relocation. The highest Igbo socio-cultural organisations, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Igbo National Council (INC) and the Anambra State Association of Town Unions (ASATU) on Tuesday […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigeria Medical Association in Lagos has directed its members to immediately proceed on an indefinite sit-at-home strike starting from 6.00 p.m. on Wednesday. The association gave the directive in a joint statement signed by its Chairman and Secretary, Saliu Oseni and Ramon Moronkola, respectively in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that […]
Continue ReadingA man simply identified as Coma, has been arrested by men of the Edo state police command for allegedly hacking his cousin, Lateef, to death in the Auchi area of Edo state. A Facebook user, Sheik Aliu Mahmood, who initially shared the story online, said COMA got information that Lateef was recently paid N2 million from […]
Continue ReadingThe Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Usman Gur Mohammed has been sacked by the federal government. Minister of Power, Mohammed Sale who approved the sack of the TCN Managing Director also appointed Sule Abdulaziz in his stead in acting capacity. The Minister’s spokesperson Aaron Artimas, confirmed this in a statement released on Tuesday May […]
Continue ReadingProfessor of law, Itse Sagay SAN has shared his thoughts on the Supreme Court judgment of May 8 which nullified the trial and conviction of a former Governor of Abia State Orji Kalu, and Ude Jones Udeogu, a former Director of Finance in Abia State Government over N7.1bn fraud. Reacting to the Supreme Court’s judgement […]
Continue ReadingThe Chief Judge of Yobe State, Justice Musa Nabaruma is dead. Channels Television reported that a family member, Hussaini Nabaruma confirmed the death of the Chief Judge on Tuesday May 19. Nabaruma who served as the Chief Judge of Yobe for about nine years (the longest in the state), died on Monday night after a protracted illness at […]
Continue ReadingA popular pastor in Cameroon has died from coronavirus weeks after he claimed he could cure the disease. Pastor Franklin Ndifor, who contested in Cameroon’s last presidential election in 2018, laid hands on coronavirus patients at his Kingship International Ministries Church and prayed for their healing. The 39-year-old died on Saturday but his followers claimed […]
Continue ReadingRecorded coronavirus cases in Nigeria have soared above 6,000, with the release of 216 fresh cases on Monday by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC. According to the NCDC, confirmed Coronavirus infections in Nigeria now stand at 6,175. As usual, Lagos topped the chart of new cases with 74. Katsina reported 33 fresh cases […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Government, on Monday extended the gradual easing of Coronavirus lockdown by two weeks across the nation. Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, said this at a briefing. He said the nation was not ready for full re-opening of the economy yet and that […]
Continue ReadingA convicted former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has hired a 12-man team of lawyers, including six Senior Advocates of Nigeria, to secure his release from prison. Orji, the Senate’s Chief Whip, is serving a 12-year jail term at the Kuje Custodial Centre, Abuja, for looting N7.65billion belonging to the Abia State […]
Continue ReadingA 62-year-old woman has died while struggling for COVOD-19 palliative shared by the Rivers state government in Elele Kingdom, Ikwerre Local Government Area of the State. According to Vanguard, the deceased, Mrs. Florence Onuobodo arrived at the venue with others waiting to receive the palliatives. A stampede ensued and she was trampled upon by others who were […]
Continue ReadingThe family of Sergeant Onajide Onalaja has accused the Divisional Police Officer of the Ilemba Hausa Division, Yahaya Adesina, of shooting him dead in the Ilemba Hausa area of Lagos State. According to PUNCH Metro, after Onalaja was killed, the Divisional Traffic Officer of the station, Adekunle Ogundiji, reportedly contacted the victim’s wife, Folasade, and […]
Continue ReadingPolice in Lagos have arrested two men believed to be fake soldiers, Kehinde Elijah, 45, and Eze Joseph in connection with the killing of a police sergeant, Onalaja Onajide. Onajide, who was attached to Ilemba Hausa Division, Ajamgbadi, was gunned down about 9:30pm on May 10 in front of the division. It was gathered that […]
Continue ReadingFifty-five-year old Ghanaian man, Osmanu Mumuni, has been arrested by the police in Ghana for physically abusing his 10-year-old son over claims he stole his money at his home in Obuom-Domeabra. According to media reports, the mother of the child had on May 17, visited the police station to report that the day before, her ex-husband Osman Mumuni whom their […]
Continue ReadingA manhunt has been launched for a man who sexually assaulted his wife after accusing her of infidelity on Saturday May 16. The police in Tharaka South Sub-County in Kenya said the suspect first persuaded his wife to move from their Marimanti township home, fearing that he would be arrested after having travelled from Nairobi […]
Continue ReadingThree inmates and some officials of a correctional service facility in Aba, Abia State, Nigeria, were hospitalised on Sunday after an attempted jailbreak. The Nation gathered that it took the combined effort of police and the correctional service official to quell what was described as chaotic situation, with the inmates intent on breaking jail. The […]
Continue ReadingExcept for any last minute change, President Buhari is expected to address the nation in a broadcast on Monday, May 18, as the first phase of the gradual easing of the lockdown comes to an end. This was disclosed by Aliyu Sani, national coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 when he appeared as […]
Continue ReadingAs the lockdown directives ease, Deposit Money Banks are adjusting their operations and introducing measures for customers to access the banking halls. While some have been sending lists of branches that will open during the week, other banks say use of face masks has become a mandatory requirement for every customer coming to the banking […]
Continue ReadingThe Chinese Ambassador to Israel, Mr Du Wei, was found dead in his apartment in a Tel Aviv suburb in the early hours of today Sunday May 17. Wei, 58, was found dead on his bed and appears to have died in his sleep. He was appointed as China’s envoy to Israel in February this […]
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